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Reducing Genocide to Law

Reducing Genocide to Law Definition, Meaning, and the Ultimate Crime

Name: Reducing Genocide to Law
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521824415
Price: 1261.00 HKD
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Author: Payam Akhavan
ISBN: 9780521824415

By Payam Akhavan

Cambridge University Press January 2012

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ISBN-13: 9780521824415
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: January 2012
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Could the prevailing view that genocide is the ultimate crime be wrong? Is it possible that it is actually on an equal footing with war crimes and crimes against humanity?

Is the power of the word genocide derived from something other than jurisprudence? And why should a hierarchical abstraction assume such importance in conferring meaning on suffering and injustice? Could reducing a reality that is beyond reason and words into a fixed category undermine the very progress and justice that such labelling purports to achieve?

For some, these questions may border on the international law equivalent of blasphemy. This original and daring book, written by a renowned scholar and practitioner who was the first Legal Advisor to the UN Prosecutor at The Hague, is a probing reflection on empathy and our faith in global justice.

Contents:: 1. The power of a word; 2. The taxonomy of crimes; 3. The core elements of international crimes; 4. A hierarchy of international crimes?; 5. Naming the nameless crime; 6. Who owns 'genocide'?; 7. Contesting 'genocide' in jurisprudence; 8. Silence, empathy, and the potentialities of jurisprudence.